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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

Diljit Dosanjh: Morni is the realization of Walt Whitman’s prescience (I am large, I contain multitudes.)

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Poets are the Arbiter of Worlds! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 14, 2026 Diljit Dosanjh: Morni | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Walt Whitman 1819 – 1892 The past and present wilt—I have fill’d them, emptied them. And proceed to fill my … Continue reading →

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David Rowe’s of The Financial Review leads the way!

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 14, 2026 David Rowe’s take

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In moments of political panic ‘The Economist’ exhumes ‘Bagehot’ in his latest self-serving political incarnation?

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 14, 2026 Britain | Bagehot British politicians are racing to the hard right Amid riots in Belfast, Restore promises to put “murderous third-world savages to death” https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/06/10/british-politicians-are-racing-to-the-hard-right When a Sudanese refugee was caught attacking a man in … Continue reading →

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1YBwo38nLM

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 13, 2026 Tucker Responds to Mark Levin’s Turn on Trump

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Inside the Empire State Building’s 21st Century Upgrade.

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

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Mr. Hal Brands of AEI and his 4012 word monstrosity

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Stephen K. Mack. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 13, 2026 American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a private nonprofit American institution of research founded in 1943 by American industrialist Lewis H. Brown. One of the oldest and most-influential think tanks in the United States, it supports limited … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 4, 2011

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 12, 2026 Justice Scalia and American Political Romanticism Posted on January 4, 2011 by stephenkmacksd http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/03/scalia-women-discrimination-constitution_n_803813.html Let me disagree with the characterization of Marcia Greenberger in regards to the comments of Justice Scalia as ‘shocking’. There is nothing ‘shocking’, prima facie, … Continue reading →

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX crash just started

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 12, 2026 Elon Musk’s SpaceX crash just started Chris Norlund

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Chuck Schumer “The Shomer”takes $1,727,974 from AIPAC!

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Editor: Susan Collins of Maine takes $646,758 stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 12, 2026 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer takes $1,727,974 from AIPAC Senator Susan Collins of Maine $646,758 she has received from AIPAC. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is still intensely focused on ousting Sen. Susan Collins, … Continue reading →

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With those declining numbers ‘The Financial Times’ resorts to the scatter-gun tecnique of a kind, that appear below!

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Former Reader! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 12, 2026

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